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MODEL BUILDERS SECTION--

By A. K. MAST

Cochranville, Pennsylvania

Old Rumely engine

A reproduction of an old Rumely engine made by John E. Peters, Box 51, jnman, Kansas. He did not have a catalog of the engine so he built it from memory. The boiler is 52" long, 13" diameter, has thirteen 1"x31" flues. The cylinder is 3'' bore and 4" stroke. The rear wheels are 30" high. Has a Penburthy injector and a hand pump. Overall length is 7 ft., height is 58 inches and the width is 43 inches. The boiler and stay bolts are all welded. With 90 lbs. of steam it has lots of power.

STILL CLEAR AND FRESH-

Please find renewal check for the IRON-MEN ALBUM. It is very interesting to me as a thresher (steam engine). I always notice what is being said about the Nichols & Shepard and the Gaar Scott engines as those were the ones I fell in love with in my threshing experiences in North Dakota. I especially noticed in the last issue shocks of grain in the background of a threshing scene in North Dakota. Those miles of shocks will be hard to erase from my mind-those large threshing outfits, the crew with the dining car, the straw stack, or shed loft for a bed; the hoboes and all else that made up the unit. I must include the straw burner engines that were mine as an engineer to keep in running shape and have 'em going by sun up, to sun down. That was 50 years ago but it is still clear and fresh and hard to shake off.

A two-cylinder job

A two-cylinder job built by Geo. D. Winter, R. D. 1, Box 126, Pipestone, Minn. One inch bore and one inch stroke. Flywheel 2 inches in diameter. Height to top of cylinder, 7 inches. This was built from a set of rough castings.

I want to thank you for printing my experiences in the Sept.-Oct., issue. Much more I could have said.

Engine made from rough castings

An engine built by Geo. I. Winter, R. D. 1, Box 126, Pipestone, Minn. 1 stroke by 1 inch bore. Flywheel 1 inch in diameter. Length of engine, 9 inches. It was made from rough castings.

Rumely thresher engine

Rumely engine thresher built by JohnE.Peters, Box 51,Inman,Kansas. It runs with an electric motor. Will run forward or backward. It is 24 inches long, and 14 inches high. The Thresher is 36 inches long and 15 inches high. It has all the moving parts same as the real one has.